#like the Butcher of Windhelm and necromancy and whatnot

[carterashofficial]

So the characters are pretty bland. Only one for me had been memorable enough that I googled to see if he was a romance option (spoiler- there’s only 4 and none are the dude that spent 2 hours implying I was a moron and then had to eat humble pie when I did not betray him)

The thing that really bugged me tho was during the mission where the above jackass character and I were teamed up. It’s the first Crimson Fleet mission and spoilers below

You’re tasked by some high-level United Colonies Military dude (the fact that I can’t recall anything about it tells you how cool it was) to infiltrates The Pirates

You do a handful of classic things like “deliver drugs” and “kill this dude” and then get brought into the Fleet as a recruit. Big Bad Pirate Boss takes the recruits planetside (it’s you and Jackass).

Now, military dude wants the Pirate Fleet destroyed. Pirate Fleet Big Bad Boss is there in front of me. I save the game, pull out my sword, and attack b/c I’m curious and mildly bored.

Nothing. Can’t kill him. Can’t damage him. He doesn’t even realize I’ve been trying to skewer his kidneys and liver. There’s no “think smart and kill Astrid” option. There’s no other option. You have to enter this dungeon and do what the game wants you to do.

I think the biggest sign of the grand “fall of Bethesda” or whatever is the fact that Starfield officially released a full calendar month ago today and I literally have zero idea what it is about or what happens in it. absolutely zero cultural osmosis seems to have happened, which would’ve been unthinkable for a Bethesda RPG like ten years ago